Stjn and glare shade for vehicles



Aug. 26 1924. 7 Re. 15,904

' G. N. HEIN SUN'AND GLARE SHADE FOR VEHICLES Original Filed 051:. 17. 1921 I (ll own Reiaaued Aug. 26, 1924.

' UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

,enoaon N. Ham, or SAN rmmcrsco, CALIFORNIA.

sim Am) eman SHADE ron. vnrnonns.

Oiiginal No. 1,459,1ao, dated June 19, 1923, Serial. No. 508,868, filed amber 11, 1921. Application reissue filed September 11, 1923.. Serial No. 862,092..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. Ham,

a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and 5 State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sun and Glare Shades for Vehicles, of which the following i a specification.

The present invention relates. to an apparatus designed for use in connection with windows or openings generally, but more particularly designed for usein connection with the transparent-windshield of a motor driven vehicle, enabling variation of the top and bottom limits ofthe sight opening therethrough, varying the vertical width of the said opening and its automobile Windshields for overcoming the lare to the eyes of the operator occasioned y the direct rays'of the sun, and all of saiddevices are associated with the upper portion of the shield and are moved downwardly thereover.

By aetualuse, it has been discovered that the reflected glare from the road and vehicle, as for exam Ie, the hood and fenders thereof, is equal y as objectionable and dazzling, and in fact tiring to the eyes as direct ra. s of the sun passlng through the windshield and into the eyes of the operator, and the present invention has for its principal object' to eliminate the direct rays of the sun from the eye's-of the operator,as well as the indirect lor reflected rays when it is desired, andat the same time afi'ord- .ing a si ht or driving opening for the op-v erator w ich may. be quickly varied as to horizontal position? and also as to width when interferin 'i with the lateral vision through the windshield.

The invention consists broadly in providing adjustable means associated with one face of a transparent window or windshield adjacent to its, up r and'lower" edges and adapted for vertica movement thereover for providing the upper and lower-edges of a osition hori-. zontally-of the windshield, r ucing the ditail of one corner 0 tion and for controlling the adjustment thereof. I

With the abovementioned and other objects in view, theinvention consists. in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form,

proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention,-

reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in vertical section through the conventional form of windshield illustrating my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a broken view in front eleva-' tion of the upper section of the Windshield with my invention applied thereto.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in dethe free edge of one of saidcurtains, illustrating the guide roller and retaining pawl.

Figure 4 1s a view in perspective of one of the guides illustrating. the internal rack and the bracket mounting for one end of a curtain roller.

In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference-designate corres nding parts, 1 indicates a portion of a ve icle body upwardly from which extend the parallel spaced windshield supports 2, between which are pivotall mounted the upper and lower windshield rames 3 and 4, each provided with a transparent glass or closure member 5.

Disposed parallel with the inner faces of the side portions of the upper and lower frames 3 and 4 are suitable guides 6 illusformed with .apertures 9' through which are adapted to extend securing means or screws, not shown, for attaching the guides to the side. members and the shield frames. The

guides are arranged on the shield frames with their slotted portions 7 opposing each other, and at corres onding ends said guides are formed with a aterally bent or 'fianged portion 10, provided with an eye 11, for receivin the bearin ends 12 of said rollers 13 exten ed longitud inally of the upper and lower edges ofv the shield frames 3 and 4, as illustrated in Figure '1. These rollers 13 are of the conventional well known type of roller employed for mounting window shades, .and which are commonly termed Spring Shade Rollers, and each roller carries a flexible opaque curtain 14 which is ada ted to be wound thereon-and unwound there om, and it will be observed from Figure 1 that the curtains are adapted to be drawn toward each other from the top and bottom of the windshield, and the s ace be tween the meeting edges thereof a ordsa driving or; sight opening for the vehicle operator through the transparent shield. Each curtain is of a width approximately equal to that ofthe transparent portions 5,

and on its free edge carries a finger piece 15, and outwardly from each end extends a rod 16 mounting on its end a guide roller 17 for operating within the track 18 in the guide 6, the rod 16 extending thereinto through the slot 7 Fixed to the rod 16 is a pawl 19 having a pointed end 20 which is adapted for engaging rack teeth 21 on the inner face of the front portion of the guide 6, when ressure is released from the finger piece 15, and it is desired to retain the curtain-in, It will be observed.

its ad'usted position. that t e rack is formed within the guide 6 by inwardly bending a portion of one side wall thereof, as at 22, and; inwardly cutting into the edges of said bent portion,.as at 23,

-to form the teeth 21. For concealing the rollers 13 with their shafts mounted therein, I em loy open ended curved protectors or shiel s 24, each formed with a longitudinal pocket 25 therein for receiving the roller with its shade, and said protectors are secured'to the horizontal edges of the frames 3 and. 4 by the attaching members 26, each of these opposing edges dis 'osed in slight spaced relation to the inner ace bf'the glass 5, affording a slot 27 through which the curtains are drawn intheir movement over the transparent window portion 5.

In operation, the vehicle operatorgr'asp the finger piece 15 of either curtain, presses a or forces the same inwardl releasing the upper to exclude from his eyes the directpawl 19 from a tooth 21 of t e rack 22 leavin the shade free to be moved longitudi-.

.na ly in the guide 6 until such time as the operator has positioned the free edge A of the upper shade and the free edge B of the lower shade in the positions esiredxthe rays and the lower to exclude the reflected or indirect rays, thereby providing a sight openlng through which the view of the road surface may be. had for the full transverse width of the windshield, whereby the lateral view ismot impaired.

On the operator releasing the of the shade to curl causes the pawl 19 to ip on the I .finger plece 15, the tendency oft e free end engage one of the teeth 21 and retain the shade in its adjusted position.

I claim;

1. In combination with a support, a .pair of parallel'spaced rollers carried thereby, a

window associated with said support, a flexible curtain carried by each of said rollers, the free edges of said curtains adapted for independent movement, in the same plane toand from each other to provide a sight opening through said window between said curtain 'edges variable as'to width and position, and means carried by the free edge of each curtain for releasably' retaining said J edgein its adjusted position.

. 2. In combination with. a vehicle windshield including a frame, a pair of n ontransparent member's carried at the respective top and bottom edges of the frame, said non-transparent members adapted for moveenabletheir free edgesto obstruct the view through said frame and to aiford between them a sight opening variable asto width and variable as to horizontal position vertica'lly of the frame. i

3. In combination with a transparent vehicle windshield, adjustable light-shading means moving parallel with the windshield and arranged to cover upper and lower portions of said windshield above and below the line of sight, and means for adjusting said light-sh the height of the top and bottom limits, of the sight opening through the windshield.

ment from and independent 0 each other to ng means vertically to vary 4. In combination/with -a vehicle wind- 7 shield, consisting of a transparent pane, ad

'ustable non-transparent light shading mem v ers operatively positioned one near the top v and the other near the bottom edge of the pane, at least one of saidmembers ,movjn'g parallel with the windshield panev toward the other, said light shadingmembe'rs arranged to restrict the vision throu h the upper and lower portions of said win shield pane above and below'the normal line of si ht,'and means for adjusting at least one of said light shading members toward the otherto vary the position of the limits 5f the sight opening through the pane.

July 24th, 1923, San Francisco, Cal.

GEORGE N. HEIN. 

